A World Health Organisation official yesterday said the risk of ‌the spread of ‍the Nipah virus is low, saying that none ⁠of the over 190 ⁠contacts of the two people infected in ‍India had tested ...

A growing body of research suggests that everything from the shape of your lungs to how you enunciate your Ts and Ks could make you a flu superspreader.

Parents and pensioners have been urged to take extra care amid rising cases of a potentially serious infection. Cases of the highly contagious virus have risen by 18.3% in England over a two-week ...

Does the Nipah virus spread through the air? Is it always fatal? Doctor breaks down common myths and explains the real ...

Viral DNA that is usually dismissed when sequencing the human genome could help to uncover useful information about complex ...

Researchers from New England Biolabs (NEB®) and Yale University describe the first fully synthetic bacteriophage engineering ...

Near-weightless conditions can mutate genes and alter the physical structures of bacteria and phages, disrupting their normal ...

People are being warned about a 'mystery virus' spreading in the UK which has symptoms that can feel worse than a cold or flu. A health expert says the illness isn't actually new but appears to be ...

The “super flu” behind outbreaks in the US and UK is a new variant of influenza A H3N2, subclade K. Here’s what you need to know. Against this backdrop, some media outlets have begun using the term ...